The bill now advances to Governor Pat Quinn, a champion of the marriage equality, who plans to sign the bill into law. Illinois is fifteenth state in the nation to recognize marriage equality, the second in two months.

The state of Oregon will recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples who were wed out of state, according to a memo sent last week.

With New Jersey now recognizing the freedom to marry for gay and lesbian couples, one third of the U.S. population now lives in a state with marriage equality.

At the stroke of midnight, gay and lesbian couples were able to get married in New Jersey.

The State Supreme Court today unanimously denied a request to delay marriages while an appeal is heard to last month’s decision that called for marriage equality.

Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson denied a request to delay the implementation of last week’s historic ruling that would allow gay and lesbian couples to get married in New Jersey starting October 21.

Here is a summary of the active court cases, legislation and ballot initiatives that could expand the number of states with marriage equality.

In the first full month gay and lesbian couples could get married in California since our Supreme Court victory, the number of marriage licenses issued increased dramatically in most of California’s 58 counties.

Governor Neil Abercrombie announced that he will convene a special legislative session on October 28 to consider marriage equality legislation.

Gay and lesbian couples are getting married in three of New Mexico’s largest counties, with clerks in two additional counties planning to follow suit as well.